Tombstone Tuesday - April 4, 2017 - Margaret L Byers Hainer

Margaret Beyer was born in Burford in 1850, the daughter of Walter and Jane Byers who were from Scotland. They had five children; Elmer(1837), Jane(1838), Robert(1842), Margaret(1845), John(1848)

She married John Wesley Hainer on December 24, 1865. They had eight children; Flora Belle(1869), Infant(1871-1871), Sylvester(1872), Amanda(1873), Frank(1875), Blanch(1881), Welby(1886), Morley(1888).

They appeared to have lived all their lives in Brant County Ontario. She died suddenly of a heart attack. According to the tombstone she was 62 years old which meant she was born in 1850 but she is listed as 6 years old in the 1851 Brant County, Ontario Census. 

She died in Brantford, Ontario on April 4, 1912 and was buried in Northfield Cemetery, Brant County, Ontario. 

Rest in Peace,

Jan Smith

Tombstone Tuesday - March 21, 2017 - Sarah Elizabeth Seaburn Hayner

Sarah Elizabeth Seaburn was born 2/27/1841, the daughter of William and Ellen Bessey Seaburn, in St Catharines, Ontario. William and Ellen had three children; James, Sarah Elizabeth and William. Ellen died in 1851. William and the children moved to Michigan. In 1866, William remarried Jessie Cole in St Clair Michigan and they had two children; Margaret, Thomas.

Sarah Elizabeth married John Henry Hayner on July 12, 1862. They had nine children; William H. (1862),John R. (1866), Nellie May(1868), Charles Wesley (1870), Frank (1874), Paul Kelley (1877), Fred (1884), Leslie Milford (1884), Alexander Bessey (1886). They lived in St Clair, Michigan for the remainder of their lives.

Sarah Elizabeth Hayner died on Mar 21, 1930 and is buried in the Hayner Family plot in Hillside Cemetery in St Clair, Michigan.

Rest in Peace, Sarah.

Love, Jan Smith

Tombstone Tuesday - March 7, 2017 - David Valentine Boyer

David Valentine Boyer was the son of David M. and Eunice White Boyer. He was born on November 13, 1905 and died of Meningitis on March 7, 1906 at the age of 3 months.

He is buried in Beebe Cemetery, Holly Michigan.

 Rest in Peace, David Valentine!

Love Jan